1860–1904
Niels Ryberg Finsen
Faroese physician and scientist and Nobel laureate
43years old at death
15,988days lived
10%of the people on this site died younger
Niels Ryberg Finsen was born on 15 December 1860 and died on 24 September 1904, aged 43 years and 284 days. That is 15,988 days in all.
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